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LONDON - British wind farm developer Ecogen will ask the UK courts next month to review a government move to block construction of Britain's biggest wind power project so far, the company said yesterday.
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Ecogen will go to London's High Court on December 10 seeking a judicial review of a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) decision earlier this year to block an 80-megawatt wind project at Kielder in Northumberland because of objections from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD was concerned the project's tall turbines could get in the way of low-altitude training for fighter pilots. "We will argue for a judicial review on the grounds of procedure," Ecogen's managing director Tim Kirby told Reuters. "We argue that the DTI didn't have the right to decide on the project without going to an inquiry," he said. The DTI declined to comment. The row over Kielder comes as the MoD raises objections to four windfarms off England's northwest coast on the grounds that they could interfere with aircraft testing. Kielder would almost double England's existing wind power capacity, said Kirby. The government is relying on the expansion of wind power to boost the use of green energy and to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, cited by many scientists as a key contributor to global warming.
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REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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